Throughout History, Some Books Have Changed the World. They Have Transformed the Way We See Ourselves - and Each Other. They Have Inspired Debate, Dissent, War and Revolution. They Have Enlightened, Outraged, Provoked and Comforted. They Have Enriched Lives - and Destroyed Them. Now Penguin Brings You the Works of the Great Thinkers, Pioneers, Radicals and Visionaries Whose Ideas Shook Civilization and Helped Make Us Who We Are.;With Its Wry Portrayal of a Shallow, Materialistic Leisure Class' Obsessed by Clothes, Cars, Consumer Goods and Climbing the Social Ladder, This Withering Satire on Modern Capitalism is As Pertinent Today As When It Was Written Over a Century Ago.